Students, please select one of the following activities to do in a group of 3-4 people:
1) Create a Digital Story synced with the reading of a poem or short story by one of the authors we have covered. Choose images that go along with each slide. Get creative!
2) Rewrite what you think the modern day version of one of the selections we have read would say.
3) Create a skit acting out one of the selections we have read.
4) Write a poem using illusions (literary term!) to poems we have read the section. Poe and Hawthorne were quite the masters at this.
5) Create a short Jeopardy game for the rest of the class to play reviewing the authors, pieces, story vocabulary, and literary terms.
Next, select one of the following assignments you would like to do on your own:
1) Read and recite to the class a piece we have covered with tone setting (wordless) music accompanying your reading.
2) Write words describing one of the authors we have covered in a silhouette of their head.
3) Illustrate a piece we have read or what it meant to you. Could be done through creating a poster, advertisement, comic strip, painting, drawing, etc. For example, a reaction to Thoreau may be a drawing of a space of land before and after a city was built.
4) Write your own spin-off or continuation to a piece we have read.
5) Write two (thoughtful) paragraphs comparing and contrasting two authors we have read in this section.
Creativity, humor, and originality are all welcomed but please be sure to keep everything appropriate. Be sure to put in your best effort and have fun with the assignments! Please do no spend any longer than an hour and a half on any of the individual assignments unless you would really like to. Group projects will be given time to complete at the end of class for the next 4 days.
After Reading Activities
Students, please select one of the following activities to do in a group of 3-4 people:
1) Create a Digital Story synced with the reading of a poem or short story by one of the authors we have covered. Choose images that go along with each slide. Get creative!
2) Rewrite what you think the modern day version of one of the selections we have read would say.
3) Create a skit acting out one of the selections we have read.
4) Write a poem using illusions (literary term!) to poems we have read the section. Poe and Hawthorne were quite the masters at this.
5) Create a short Jeopardy game for the rest of the class to play reviewing the authors, pieces, story vocabulary, and literary terms.
Next, select one of the following assignments you would like to do on your own:
1) Read and recite to the class a piece we have covered with tone setting (wordless) music accompanying your reading.
2) Write words describing one of the authors we have covered in a silhouette of their head.
3) Illustrate a piece we have read or what it meant to you. Could be done through creating a poster, advertisement, comic strip, painting, drawing, etc. For example, a reaction to Thoreau may be a drawing of a space of land before and after a city was built.
4) Write your own spin-off or continuation to a piece we have read.
5) Write two (thoughtful) paragraphs comparing and contrasting two authors we have read in this section.
Creativity, humor, and originality are all welcomed but please be sure to keep everything appropriate. Be sure to put in your best effort and have fun with the assignments! Please do no spend any longer than an hour and a half on any of the individual assignments unless you would really like to. Group projects will be given time to complete at the end of class for the next 4 days.